Um, hello.
A debate about “female power icons in pop culture”?
With Signourney Weaver on a panel with Eliza Dushku, Zoe Saldana, and Elizabeth Mitchell of Lost? All it would need would be Sarah Michelle Gellar and I’d be in heaven.
From the Guardian, some highlights from the panel.
Weaver:
“Science fiction is an investigation into what it is to be human,” she said at one point. “A lot of the roles I have played, they’re not trying to create a female action figure – they’re trying to create a fully-functioning human being; a character comes first.”
Saldana:
“It’s about how long I have to stand fighting a room full of men about why I should do a fight scene in trousers, where I’m required to run across a floor and leap on to a moving elevator,” she argued, “They’re confused because they’re convinced I should be just as good at doing that in a leather miniskirt and Gucci boots.”
Dushku:
“I asked Joss for the most kick-ass multi-dimensional character he could think of, and he delivered … this character, it’s just a lot like me.”
Mitchell:
“My roles have been far more adventurous, far more interesting, once I moved beyond 30; my roles are juicer, and sexier, and more powerful – we’re allowed to do all those things, be all those things, once we pass 30.”
Anyone at SDCC and catch this panel?
July 24th, 2009 at 1:30 pm
No, I’m not at SDCC, but I wish had been there… Just Elizabeth Mitchell and Sigorney Weaver are enough to sell me!
My dream addition to the panel, however, would be Nana Visitor (Major Kira from Deep Space Nine). Regardless, I bet it was cool.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
“this character, it’s just a lot like me.”
A blank, pliable girl with no personality who does whatever people tell her to do?
July 25th, 2009 at 8:04 am
Is there anyway to see the taped versions of the San Diego panels online….or do they have a live broadcast of them? HELP!
January 17th, 2011 at 7:30 pm
So like i saw your blog and it like totally told me whats up thanks for your input. One love.